The Sun Shines on my Scale but Sadly, not Sanjaya

Posted on | April 18, 2007 |

I woke up with a euphoric sense of fortune today. I know there are others out there who are genetically wired to do this, and others who practice it with great purpose. I’m kind of somewhere in the odd category of those who realize it when they check it off their To Do list for the day. But, there’s no list, so the fact that I’m feeling fortunate right off the bat is a step in the right direction:

My boys are healthy;
my extended family is safe now and sound some of the time;
my rescued animals are well fed and sleep contentedly near me most of the day;
the MoH is my true best and most loyal friend;
I don’t have a job, but will figure that out one of these days;
a foodie has just received the Pulitzer! and
I have developed a completely different attitude about our favorite young singer on American Idol. Sad, but true. But first…

When I got up this morning, I remembered that I had weighed myself yesterday and then forgotten about it. Let’s face it — in the grander scheme of things, the whole day was beyond challenging. But I vaguely remembered that the scale had been kind, so I performed the pax de deux with my nemesis today, and the results from yesterday were confirmed. Woo Hoo! 181 lbs. Eight pounds down. Soon to smash that 180 mark. YES! Five weeks have gone by and I’m still creeping along. I know I said 2 lbs. a week, so I should already be staring at 179. But that’s okay. I’ll get there and it will be more likely that I’ll keep weight off once I get to the goal I’ve set for myself. Right? So is the phoodplan working? Well, yes, and no. Yes, because my numbers are down; yes, because I’m thinking about being healthy, drinking less wine, exercising more, and paying attention to what I eat. No, because I’m not following the phoodplan to the letter. It’s kind of challenging, and I just don’t crack the whip to stick to it. Remember when I acknowledged that my VBF and I lack stick-to-it-ive-ness? Well there you go. We aren’t total schlocks, but, well, almost. Some times.

But I didn’t whip up a batch of that Magical Leek Soup published in French Women Don’t Get Fat and suck it down before weigh-in day like I said I was going to do a few days ago either. That would defeat the point of my phoodplan. Have you ever tasted that stuff? Oh my goodness, it’s ~~completely disgusting~~ not very tasty. I get that the whole point that it is to sort of cleanse you or something, but I’m thinking I’ll pass on the whole Make Like a Toilet and flush thing. Ugh. So not worth it.

And speaking of ugh, (how’s that for a slick segue…) I can’t avoid having the morning after discussion about American Idol. I know many of you realize we’ve reached capacity on the Sudden Waning Interest Syndrome meter at our house, but a few days ago, I came across an article that said Sanjaya had been booed while attending a Dodgers game with friends. There’s just something wrong with that. What is up with people? And I thought, “Feh, people don’t boo other celeb-types, like Britney Spears, so how is that fair?” but I stand corrected. You do have to consider the source, however. Have you ever seen Dodger fans? Who are they to boo anyone? Oh, I get it. They’re experienced experts on the characteristics of those in need of booing. Personal experience. The only thing they have to feel good about are big hot dogs — er, um, Dodger Dogs.

So after seeing Sanjaya last night, I have to admit to being in serious Mom mode and felt all fuzzy and very sorry for him. Seriously. I just don’t get what he’s trying to do. And I definitely didn’t understand the bandana, its connection to country music, or the song he chose: “Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About.” So he did, and it worked very well. The MoH — who was showing glimpses of his pre-Tax Mine self last night — was emphatically succinct. “Oh. This just sucks. It’s horrible. It’s just bad,” in much the same way he may malign his favorite local teams right before he breaks into a series of very loud boos. No, he isn’t a Dodger fan. But he was right. It was horrible. It made my bottom lip protrude and quiver in melancholy support. And part of me thinks the San-jan-isto is doing it on purpose so he can escape the dread of it all and move on with his life — hopefully to more voice lessons, or modeling, or toothpaste ads. No, I didn’t do this. But he’ll make a fortune because he really is a very cute kid. And his parents have lots to be proud of. Sniff, sniff.

But Phil and Jordan totally rocked last night! Doncha think? Woo Hoo! Geet out those gee-tars, saddle up yer harse, and twang along. Who knew they would be country stud-like? So we’ll see what’s up tonight.

Oh my gawd — I just made the bandana connection!

Well, slap me silly three times and pass me my Geritol so I can take a big swig. Feh.

Comments

9 Responses to “The Sun Shines on my Scale but Sadly, not Sanjaya”

BeckEye
April 18th, 2007 @ 11:09 am

I don’t know that I’ve developed any sympathy for Sunjaya, because he really does seem to be enjoying his 15 minutes and doesn’t care that he’s getting them for all the wrong reasons. I am starting to change my opinion of him though - mainly, that if he were to be voted off, that my blog would suddenly get a little more boring. I’d actually have to go back to doing searches for “Britney being stupid” and “Who’s Lindsay banging now?” That’s work! Sunjaya has dropped great material into my lap every week. I predicted him to finally get bumped off tonight, but now I’m kind of in a panic that I might be right. There are only so many “Phil is bald” jokes available!
kellypea
April 18th, 2007 @ 11:23 am

Hey BeckEye — I completely understand. There were over 900 hits to my Google search on the baseball booing incident. Amazing. Maybe we could come up with a San-isto-man-jaya tracker widget like the NORAD santa tracker. People can then watch his meteoric waning into history, or not.

On the Phil issue, we just couldn’t believe how well he fit into that role last night. It was sort of strange. Yee-Haw…
cherann
April 18th, 2007 @ 4:10 pm

Yay! So you’re finally giving in to the Sanjaya “movement”. I think he knows exactly what everyone thinks of him and he might as well ride it. It’ll definitely bring him more money (now and in the future). He’s not dumb. He’s seen what AI has done for William Hung.
kellypea
April 18th, 2007 @ 4:30 pm

Cherann, I knew you’d be happy I’ve moved to the dark side of the Sun-jaya. hahaha And who’s William Hung? You always make me work.
Lisa
April 19th, 2007 @ 1:49 am

I’m not a mom.. I will never be a mom.. so maybe when they took my uterous they took my ability to have any sympathy for Sanjaya. I stopped watching AI because it is becoming such a farce, IMHO, and so when I stopped watching (just this week!) he finally got the boot! WOO!

I suppose my biggest problems with him (and yes, I really do respect that he knew how to charm to stay in the competition because at least for part of his future he’s going to make some cash) was the comment about Sanjaya’s Universe and the fact that he showed no remorse for the better, more deserving, singers that were booted off before him. Granted, he had no say in who stayed and who left.. but still.. a simple “I don’t deserve to be here” statement when asked how he felt about the whole thing, would have made me respect him. A little.

Unfortunately I’m done with AI now.. this experience has left a very unsavory taste in my mouth and I just have to wonder how legit the AI voting process really is… (‘course last year I wanted Taylor to win from the very instant I saw his gray hair when they were auditioning so you’d never hear this from me then. I’m so fickle!) hehehee xoxo
Lisa
April 19th, 2007 @ 1:51 am

Oh!! And another thing!!!

Congrats on the 8 pounds.. you are my heroine. :) xoxo
kellypea
April 19th, 2007 @ 7:10 am

Hey Lisa,
Yah, I know. I buckled. And I do agree that the universe statement was totally crass. I thought about the fixed voting thing, but I think the risks are too huge for them from a profit perspective. When he got the boot last night, the and Lakisha just stood on the stage and hugged. She was patting his back, so I’m thinking he was either distraught, or relieved — my vote is on the second.

And thanks on the kudos for my 8 “lubs.” Next week is the biggie!
BeckEye
April 19th, 2007 @ 8:43 am

I hope Sanjaya gets his own reality show on VH-1. I’m merely concerned for my blog. ;)
kellypea
April 19th, 2007 @ 9:59 am

Like I said — someone needs to put a tracker on him. Just start a new blog. San-Track-ster. Or something. It’s kind of like everyone thinking Elvis is still around and kicking. Hollywood will come through.